M4.9 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 1:14 PM GMT-12 (01:14 UTC), 601 km (373 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-21 01:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 600.6 km (373.2 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.420° S, 179.231° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 177
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Fiji region · 3569 days ago · 628 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3564 days ago · 511 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3561 days ago · 563 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1Fiji region · 3560 days ago · 507 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3559 days ago · 606 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.9Fiji region · 3553 days ago · 583 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3547 days ago · 583 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3545 days ago · 619 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 3538 days ago · 541 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3533 days ago · 585 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.0Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 581 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 3523 days ago · 483 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.7Fiji region · 3517 days ago · 534 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1south of the Fiji Islands · 3514 days ago · 521 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3580 days ago · 605 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5Fiji region · 3589 days ago · 600 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Fiji region · 3590 days ago · 584 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1Fiji region · 3592 days ago · 596 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 3593 days ago · 612 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007llf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.